Chapter 3 - Martha Tries To Hide The Shocking Evidence
Martha’s face turned completely white as she watched Caleb feel the unmistakable pulse beneath Elena’s warm skin.
“You need to step away from the casket, Caleb, the funeral director is coming back with the paperwork,” Martha insisted sharply.
“Papers? My wife is alive, and someone put her in this box while she was still breathing!” Caleb snarled, his eyes locking onto Martha.
“You’re imagining things because you can’t accept that she’s gone,” Martha stammered, stepping between him and the open casket.
“Move out of my way, Martha, or I swear to God I will throw you across this room,” Caleb warned in a lethal whisper.
The raw fury in his voice paralyzed her, forcing Martha to take two unsteady steps backward into the aisle.
Caleb reached down without hesitation, sliding his strong arms carefully beneath Elena’s shoulders and knees.
He lifted her light, motionless body out of the lavender satin lining against his chest.
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She felt warm—far too warm for someone supposedly dead for forty-eight hours in a refrigerated morgue vault.
As he carried her toward the main chapel doors, Elena’s head rolled gently against his lapel, her breath brushing his neck.
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